Nwlson Mendela guided South Africa from the shackles of part to a milti-racial democracy, as a icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice arount the world.
Imprisoned for nearly three deacades for his fight against white minority rules, Mandela never lost his resolve to fight for his peoples emancipation . He was determined to bring down apartheid while avoiding a civil war. His prestige and charisma helped hism win the suport of the world .
Mandela said in his acceepatance speech on becoming South Africas first Black president in 1994.. .... "The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment fo bridge the chasms that divide us has come"
"We have at last , achieved our political emancipation"
In 1993 Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Price. n honor he shared with F.W de Klerk. the white African leader who had freed him from prison three earlier and nogotiated the end of apartheid..
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